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Odisha health department targets to administer 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines daily beginning Monday with the aim to balance around 30.9 million eligible residents within the shortest possible time, officials said.
All district collectors and municipal bodies are instructed by the state health department’s additional chief secretary, PK Mohapatra, to plan a minimum of 5 vaccination sessions in each block and notified area councils (NAC), 10 sessions in each municipality and a minimum of 20 sessions in five specified municipal corporations in order that the target of 300,000 doses are often achieved daily.
“The vaccination drive for those in 18-44 years and above 45 years should be run during a campaign mode so on completely consume the available stock within the shortest possible time,” Mohapatra said.
Presently, but 150,000 doses are administered daily on a mean across the state, directly impacting the amount of doses supplied by the Centre, supported its consumption and wastage rate, he added.
Meanwhile, Odisha on Sunday reported 3,577 new COVID cases within the previous 24 hours with 42 deaths pushing the target at 3,590. The state has 38,727 active cases, the sixth highest within the country after Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh .
The test positivity rate, an indicator of spread of infection, within the week ending June 20 was high in 5 districts with Bhadrak topping the list with 17% followed by Jaipur at 15.7% and Khurda at 15.5%. it had been also on the increase in western Odisha’s Nuapada district (11.45), after declining for a few time.